DurhamRed 2,043 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die said: 🤣🤣🤣🤣    Dam it they signed both Lyle Taylor and Jacob Murphy while we sat twiddling our thumbs. I mean for Murphy he can still use his Newcastle house if he came to us but we still couldn't get him in! Link to post Share on other sites
tmcc 583 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Duvel said: Which London clubs are going to pip us to players? Maybe Brentford if players think they have a better chance of promotion but until the last couple of seasons there's no way players would have picked them over us. The other one would be Watford who will pay Premier league money and have a good chance of going straight back up. Who else? QPR are a small mid table London club who aren't going to be challenging or paying big money. I can't think of another London club at our level who are more attractive to players. No way will Millwall attract players over us.  4 minutes ago, Duvel said: Yes in the Premier league, not at this level.   i deleted this post, i was done with the debate, i wanted to clear room for some actual transfer talk 😅😅😅 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 NW Figuring out how far down the list we are now. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,211 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Just now, tmcc said:   i deleted this post, i was done with the debate, i wanted to clear room for some actual transfer talk 😅😅😅 You'll need to start supporting another club then, perhaps one in London 🙂  1 Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,384 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die said: 🤣🤣🤣🤣    That "journo" is about as reliable as a chocolate teapot. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Raf smog 651 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 We are in a lot of bother too be honest with you. A lot of redundancy around the club and not many players around in our wage bracket.  2 x players trying to get out the club also!  Norwich + Forest in straight battle for gibbo also. Times are hard!! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ManBearPig 1,833 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 @Changing Times Maybe trend is the wrong word to use. I hope I’m wrong but it seems worrying that players are opting to pick other teams over boro so far. With the two most recent examples highlighting this window. But this view is also being reinforced through previous windows since we’ve come down.  I suppose I’m saying that when an equal opportunity is presented to a player, they rarely pick Boro if another offer is on the table. At least that’s how it feels to me (perm and loan signings combined).  You are right when I am saying that it is harder to sign players without premier league money, and that’s the whole point of why I’m saying. Without that ability, we seem to struggle to recruit players and targets drift away to other clubs.  The point I was trying to make IS relating it to us, because I am arguing that without the high wage pulling power, we have struggled to get numbers through the door. Unless they are moving up (Browne, Bola or Dijksteele) we are rarely seeing a player move from a championship team to come to Boro.  In our cost cutting with Woodgate, we have had Bola, Browne, Meijas, Nmecha,  Dijksteele, Stoj, Roberts, Morrison and Moukoudi. Whilst I’d say that Roberts and Moukoudi were good signings, I would say that the others were either moving up a division (more money) or when no offers were on the table for them (only option).  If this is the new era moving forward of having to reduce our wage expenditure, I am saying that it will be harder to recruit players when on a level playing field with other championship teams.  But worryingly, when we offer good wages in championship terms, players still don’t fancy opting for Boro. I was merely questioning the different reasons as to why that is, potentially explaining why we are having a hard time recruiting currently and why we have only seen 1 person through the door at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, tmcc said:   i deleted this post, i was done with the debate, i wanted to clear room for some actual transfer talk 😅😅😅 Too late now! Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,211 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Raf smog said: We are in a lot of bother too be honest with you. A lot of redundancy around the club and not many players around in our wage bracket.  2 x players trying to get out the club also!  Norwich + Forest in straight battle for gibbo also. Times are hard!! So how were we able to make a better offer to Moore then? And how did we sign Hall, who was offered and turned down £12k a week at QPR? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,043 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Raf smog said: We are in a lot of bother too be honest with you. A lot of redundancy around the club and not many players around in our wage bracket.  2 x players trying to get out the club also!  Norwich + Forest in straight battle for gibbo also. Times are hard!! Yet we have Marvin Johnson in the media saying the aim is Playoffs minum if not Automatic promotion 🤣🤣. Link to post Share on other sites
Skinemrippers 894 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Raf smog said: We are in a lot of bother too be honest with you. A lot of redundancy around the club and not many players around in our wage bracket.  2 x players trying to get out the club also!  Norwich + Forest in straight battle for gibbo also. Times are hard!! Worrying to read this. I thought last season was our horrific transition year. Stay up (done) and we can balance the books, offload the high earners (we have) and have another go.  Sounds like it’s going to be just as bad this season. Surely Warnock wouldn’t have stayed if so? Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 players trying to get out of the he club. Well whoopee do. Which players would we have a cry over if they left. I can't think of many to be fair. Get them on their bikes as they will be a bad influence anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
DevKWat 2,365 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I would never criticise people for posting the information they receive as that’s the purpose of the thread but the reports so far have been so conflicting I don’t know if any of these sources know what’s going on 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,052 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Looks like they are gonna have a really good go this season after just missing out on the play offs. Losing 4-1 in overtime (og), and Swansea won with 3 clear goals in overtime .. So *** up .. Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,043 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Unless it's Spence or Tav I am happy for any player to leave us Link to post Share on other sites
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